Player keeps dumbells in front of the body. Player moves dumbells to the ankles while keeping them close to the body. Player uses lower back muscles to come back to the starting position.
In this drill player works on lower back strength. Serve puts a lot of pressure on this area so players have to perform fitness activities based on lower back exercises to improve serving action and avoid injuries. Coach should make sure that players keep the upper body straight to guarantee the best results of this drill.
Indoor courts give players less time and less room. Help them sharpen their split step, shorten their swing and stay calm, and winter becomes a season of real progress.
A tiebreak is a short sprint where every point is worth the same as a break of serve. The players who win them are rarely the ones who hit hardest. Here is how to coach the patterns, habits and scoreboard thinking that win the big points.
Most club players practise the serve on its own and then have no idea what to do with the ball that comes back. Serve plus one is the pattern that turns a good serve into a won point.